Kumanji

[Vexa Blueclaw]

Name:	Kumanji
Gender:	Male
Age:	Adult
Species:	Snow Leopard
Eye Color:	Pearly silver
Fur Color:	Manji has a fine, sleek silver coat. Black rosettes cover his pelt in an elegent but completely unique arrangement. The intensity of the rosettes shifts from inky black to smoky grey barely lighter than his base coat. Along his tail, Kumanji has black-grey rings forming near the base of his tail until it darkens to a solid black tip.
Attire / Jewelry:	Usually, Manji refrains from jewelery of most sorts unless it's something extremely personal and important before a big battle. His clothing, Kumanji keeps practical but comfortable. He wears usually light armor, mainly arm guards and sometimes shoulder guards. Many call him a fool for this but, Manji needs a full range of motion for all the weapons he can wield. Manji often wears at least three dagger sheaths of various sorts, a quiver of arrows, bow, sling, stone pouch and other things depending on the situation and depending on how heavily he feels he needs to be armed.
Physical Description / Tattoos / Markings:	Like most snow leopards, Manji has a beautiful pelt and to die for eyes. Both fur and eyes seem to have a pearly, sleek shine like polished stone. His pelt is soft to the touch with rippling, lithe, close-to-the-bone muscle clinging to a light skeleton. Kumanji is about as far from bulky as you can get, bone, fur and skin more or less all he's made of. His paws look almost too large to fit him but Manji manages just fine and is as close to silent as is mortally possible. He often gets scolded for "sneaking up" on people though he doesn't do it intentionally. Manji has wonderful balance and is very fast because of his slender build.
Weaponry:	Long sword, long knives, daggers, poison darts, bow/arrow, sling, lance, short sword, throwing knives, broadsword. Though Manji can use and identify most weapons, that doesn't mean he uses them all at one time. His constant weapons are bow/arrow, broadsword, dagger, throwing knives and sling. Kumanji is sufficient in most blades and can identify some blades well enough to know the name of the blacksmith.
Desired or Present Occupation / Goals:	Presently goes where his skills are needed, sometimes trading and selling weapons or advising faction and flotilla leaders when they come across unknown or unfamiliar weapons.
Goals, Hopes and Dreams:	Hopes to find a faction or ship to serve on permanently.
Weaknesses, Fears and Dislikes:	Tries to avoid heavier weapons such as axes. Fears forgetting what it's like to be welcome somewhere. Dislikes smoky places or very tightly enclosed spaces. There's a spot just behind his right ear that makes him purr and go completely boneless, he loves to have it scratched but, usually not in public.
Strengths, Talents and Likes:	Manji's highly diverse experience with weapons is his main strength. He has a tendency and talent for picking up different styles of fighting and highly enjoys his work. Sometimes he will preform in the markets, throwing knives and the like for his own entertainment because he does enjoy giving people a fright.
Personality / Mental Description:	Kumanji has a rather quirky personality. He takes everything in stride and looks to the lighter side of every situation, even death. Manji doesn't like to linger on things and is often known to be flighty or impatient, often fidgeting or throwing a small dagger around. If someone puts a blade near him, Manji almost always ends up examining it in minute detail, which some find annoying. He's a beast for laughter and all for a good time though he's all business when someone asks his opinion. A loyal beast to the end, Manji would as soon jump in front of his own blade as throw it at a friend. Manji is a beast of many faces, flirting one moment, serious the next, laughing and rowdy a heartbeat later. He can worm his way into the heart of almost any beast though he does earn his keep in any way possible.
History:	Born in a small village north of the fort, Manji grew up an only cub with his closest friend being a hedgehog named Oliver Brandyborn. Kumanji's mother died of an illness when he was young, leaving him in the care of his father whom was a blacksmith that worked on commission for the fort. Every month Manji would help his father load a wagon and they would go south to deliver swords, axes, daggers and the like to faction troops. While his father would go to recieve his pay, Kumanji would badger the troops into showing him a few of their tricks. By his third visit, Kumanji could twirl a sharpened dagger in the air without looking and catch it by the handle or flat of the blade every time. As a young adult, Manji became restless and left his home. He promised his father he would return when he was no longer restless and join the forces at the fort to help keep the land safe. As he traveled, Manji learned from various blacksmiths and art masters about fighting with different types of weapons and blades. An old herbalist taught him of poisons and their effectivness in darts, an old badger teaching him how to hurl an ax while a squirrel taught him the bow, an otter teaching him a sling and lance. Along the way, Kumanji discovered his inate talent for learning various forms of combat and developed strong arms, good balance and quick reflexes to react to various weapon attacks. Only in recent months has he come to the fort in search of work. To make money, Manji is not above buying and selling blades, bartering with blacksmiths and the like to keep his head above water. Though he can not craft his own blades, some say Manji can spot the finest blade in a whole armory with a single glance. That, however, is all talk. Kumanji has a good eye for blades but even he doubts his ability to know a blade's potential that quickly.
Companions and or NPCs:	None
Companion and or NPC Biographies:	None
Companion and or NPC Image Links:	None
Total Number of FEB Characters (Not including your Companions and NPCs):	5
Faction:	Flotilla/td]
Troop or Ship:	Storm Striker
Black Knights Interest (Secret Calvary):	No
Family:	Myrin- mother Jinari- father
Additional Notes:	None